The Montreal Canadiens feel like they’ve been disrespected by the Boston Bruins.

Now there’s the ulimate opportunity to do something about it: Game 7.

Not that the Habs need much more in the way of motiviation Wednesday night than the chance to win the Atlantic Division final.

But sticking it in the face of the Bruins and shutting up their fans would be particularly sweet for the Canadiens in light of some of the Bruins antics in the latter stages of this series.

From tough guy Shawn Thornton spraying Montreal defenceman P.K. Subban with water from the bench, and having a good laugh about it, to big winger Milan Lucic taunting Subban from the bench while flexing his biceps, the Bruins have been rubbing it in.

Canadiens winger Dale Weise gave a little of it back in Montreal’s 4-0 Game 6 win Monday night, mocking Lucic’s flex in a scrum.

“There’s a lot of that going with their team, their players, even their fans. We don’t really look into it. They can throw as much disrespect as they want. It doesn’t really bother us at all,” Canadiens winger Brandon Prust said. “That was just (Weise) giving a little bit back and mocking them a little bit. It’s not a big deal.”

Prust said the Habs would like to stay above the fray.

“For me, I’d rather not stoop to their level. We have a lot of pride in this dressing room and they can do whatever they want. We want to beat them on the scoreboard and we want to beat them in the series.”

Game 6 ended with a nasty scrum, started when Montreal blueliner Andrei Markov tripped up Bruins captain Zdeno Chara after getting his stick up between the giant's legs.

Prust said neither team can afford to indulge in that kind of silliness with so much on the line.

“If it was the regular season, I’m sure it would carry over, but this is Game 7. What are we going to do?" said the tough guy. "Go out there and slash them and punch them in the head, take stupid penalties? No, not at all. We’ll focus on winning a hockey game and not taking dumb penalties.”

After Game 6, Subban talked about feeding off the energy in TD Garden.

“I can’t wait for the crowd, the noise, the energy in the building,” he said. “I can’t wait to take that all away from them.”

Sending the Bruins fans quietly into the night was a bit of a theme from the Habs Tuesday.

“You think about that feeling walking out of the Garden there and it being pretty quiet,” Prust said. “That’s what’s motivating us.”

“Other than screaming at us there’s not much else they can do. If at the end of the night we win, they’re probably going to be very quiet and walking home. That would be the ultimate reward for us,” Canadiens winger Daniel Briere added. “But we have to make that happen. We can’t just say it, we have to go out there and make it happen.”

If the Canadiens are going to make it happen, they will have to pick up where they left off. They used their speed advantage and carried the play in Game 6.

“You can’t beat the Bruins playing like the Bruins,” Briere said. “I think they’re probably the best at it. We have to be smarter. We’ll have to take punches, we’ll have to take slashes, we’ll have to get hurt at times and then that’s when we’re most successful when we don’t get into their game.

“They’re good at what they do. There’s a reason why for so many years now they have a lot of success in the playoffs and a lot of teams try to emulate them. We’re not going to beat them at that game, playing the physical style and trying to run them through the boards. The stuff after the whistle and the intimidation part is not our game. They’re not going to change. They’ve been successful the way they play for many years and they’re going to keep doing that. It’s important for us that we don’t fall into that trap.”

In the end, the sound at TD Garden at the end of Game 7 will tell the story.